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FAO to continue to support G20 to address the pandemic and strengthen agri-food systems
15/09/2020
Through the Hand-in-Hand initiative, the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme and other actions, FAO can help ensure well-functioning global food markets, promote responsible investments, and reduce food loss and waste, among other areas
COVID-19 impacts driving up acute hunger in countries already in food crisis
15/09/2020
Pandemic aggravates pre-existing drivers of acute food insecurity - Democratic Republic of the Congo is now world’s largest food crisis. FAO and partners call for urgent and decisive action.
FAO Regional Conference for Asia-Pacific discusses responses and recovery work on COVID-19 and hunger
01/09/2020
The virtual conference takes place between 1 and 4 September.
Green Climate Fund approves new projects
31/08/2020
FAO helps Côte d’Ivoire, Armenia and Colombia win investment grants for agriculture projects to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
COVID-19 pandemic: impact on food, agriculture sectors
17/08/2020
The impact on food production and supply and FAO’s recommendations
A dynamic new FAO for a better world
05/08/2020
Food and agriculture are at the heart of solutions for many of the challenges...
When we work together, we go further - working with partners to deliver
04/08/2020
Building strong partnerships to advance FAO's work...
Contributions to FAO and key achievements in 2019
30/07/2020
FAO maintained its reach and support to over 130 countries last year
IKEA Foundation contributes $3.5 million to FAO's work in eastern Africa
30/07/2020
Initiative seeks to increase self-reliance of vulnerable populations and ...
FAO unveils platform to help accelerate action on reducing food loss and waste
30/07/2020
The UN agency gears up for the first International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
FAO Director Torero makes presentation at WTO
28/07/2020
Geneva, 28 July 2020. Mr. Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, made a presentation on behalf of FAO to the World Trade Organization's Committe on Agriculture outlining the supply chain disruptions and a snapshot of policy responses thereon. The FAO Chief Econo
FAO and Russian Federation ramp up fight against desert locust
28/07/2020
$10 million contribution to support FAO's operations in East Africa
United Kingdom supports FAO's desert locust-fighting efforts with £ 17 million
23/07/2020
The added support will help to step up control efforts in Africa and Asia
FAO launches Hand-in-Hand geospatial platform
21/07/2020
The platform will help build stronger food and agriculture sectors post COVID-19
Rising uncertainties from COVID-19 cloud medium-term agricultural prospects
17/07/2020
According to OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029, the pandemic could further undermine food security
New report identifies 27 countries heading for COVID-19-driven food crises
17/07/2020
FAO and WFP collaborate on a unique analysis of countries on the precipice of what could be the worst food...
FAO - Press Briefing: Healthy Diets are Expensive - Maximo Torero, FAO chief Economist
17/07/2020
Healthy diets are 5 times more expensive & world is not on track to meet SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) - Maximo Torero, Chief Economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
FAO launches the new COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme outlining seven key priority areas
17/07/2020
The UN Agency also calls for joint coordinated global response to support food and agriculture
Check out our July 2020 Newsletter!
13/07/2020
As we approach the summer break in our part of the world, this year’s break is bound to be different.